Vellaye Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Vellaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 107 | 1:620,773 | 81,454 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Vellaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vellaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vellaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻼﻱ) occurs most in France. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vellaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,589,322nd most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Vellaye live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in Gallo-Indian Ocean.
The surname is most common in France, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 620,773. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Réunion, where 91 percent live, Centre-Val de Loire, where 7 percent live and Guadeloupe, where 1 percent live. Excluding France Vellaye is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 14 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vellaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vellaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻼﻱ | flay | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vellaye
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